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ChristianKl comments on AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol - Less Wrong Discussion

17 Post author: gjm 09 March 2016 12:22PM

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 09 March 2016 07:27:23PM 2 points [-]

although the experts providing live public commentary on the match weren’t clear on the matter

This could be motivated thinking/speaking though.

Comment author: ChristianKl 10 March 2016 12:30:41PM 0 points [-]

I think it's more likely that the Go professionals (both the commentator and the Lee) simply score certain patterns a few points differently than AlphaGo did then there being motivated thinking in the sense that the commentator wants Lee to win.